Commenter DJR offers a good concrete illustration for my argument about emphasis:
[1.] The plaintiff’s argument totally misses the point! Section 157 of the Act does not even come close to covering the facts of this case!
[2.] The plaintiff’s argument totally misses the point. Section 157 of the Act does not even come close to covering the facts of this case.
[3.] The plaintiff’s argument totally misses the point. Section 157 does not even come close to covering the facts of this case.
[4.] The plaintiff’s argument misses the point. Section 157 does not cover the facts of this case.
Which of these four examples is most likely to favorably dispose a judge to the rest of the author’s argument?